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Thursday 7th April 2016 – A drizzly morning in the greenhouse.

Posted on April 7, 2016 by clairesallotment

The weather may be horrible outside, but inside the greenhouse life is always fun. This morning I sowed my Celeriac Seeds, the variety is Monarch. I’ve grown Celeriac before, last year I started too late, and they didn’t have enough … Continue reading →

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Monday 23rd November 2015 – You’ll never see parsnips like THAT in the shops.

Posted on November 23, 2015 by clairesallotment

I was very pleased to be able to return to my allotment again today. I’ve been working for the last 3 weeks so have been unable to go. It’s surprising how much you miss it. Now that work has practically … Continue reading →

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Monday 7th September 2015 – A glorious day.

Posted on September 8, 2015 by clairesallotment

This weeks looks like it’s going to be lovely and sunny!! I’m so excited, we’ve not seen the sun like this for quite some time. I could spend as long as I wanted playing today, so spent about 4 hours … Continue reading →

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Thursday 30th July 2015 – A morning of harvesting and planting out.

Posted on July 30, 2015 by clairesallotment

I was hoping to have a couple of hours on the allotment this morning working. Well I had a couple of hours, but only worked for just over and hour. I ended up spending the rest of the time chatting … Continue reading →

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Monday 13th July 2015 – A bit of drizzle!!

Posted on July 13, 2015 by clairesallotment

Today was a different sort of day because we had rain!! I’ve not seen that wet stuff for weeks and weeks. It was rather exciting actually. But because it was drizzle it didn’t penetrate the soil, so watering was still … Continue reading →

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Monday 22nd June 2015 – A busy afternoon.

Posted on June 22, 2015 by clairesallotment

The weather was very “eh!” today, so not suitable for going to the allotment. It kept on raining, and I don’t really like getting THAT wet! So after lots of errands that I had to run this morning (all boring … Continue reading →

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Friday 3rd April 2015 – What clever girls you are.

Posted on April 3, 2015 by clairesallotment

First off some wonderful news. Today was the first day that my 6 chickens laid 6 eggs. Well done my little ones, mummy is very proud of you! Five are what I’d call normal size and one is the size … Continue reading →

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Friday 14th November 2014 – Hello allotment, it’s been a while!

Posted on November 14, 2014 by clairesallotment

I’ve not been to my allotment for about 3 weeks now. Yes I know that sounds awful, but we’ve had half term and I was decorating the kids rooms, and then for the past couple of weeks I’ve been working … Continue reading →

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Friday 6th June 2014 – That was a full on day!

Posted on June 6, 2014 by clairesallotment

Another busy, busy day on the allotment today. The sun was shining, I had my shorts on (and now my legs are not as horrendously white as they were) and I even had to get out the sun cream. It … Continue reading →

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Sunday 18th May 2014 – What can I get up to in my very hot greenhouse this afternoon?

Posted on May 18, 2014 by clairesallotment

Now that’s a question isn’t it. Well quite a lot actually. Apparently the temperature in the SE of the UK is hotter that Spain!!! That doesn’t happen very often. So with that in mind we had lunch outside in the … Continue reading →

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